A 77-GHz phased-array transceiver with on-chip antennas in silicon: Receiver and antennas

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2795-2805

  Babakhani, Aydin ^a,b   Guan, Xiang ^a,c   Komijani, Abbas ^a,b   Natarajan, Arun ^a,b   Hajimiri, Ali ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SiBeam Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

BiCMOS; Dielectric lens; Integrated circuits; On chip dipole antennas; Phased array; Silicon germanium; Surface wave

Indexed keywords

ARRAY TRANSCEIVER; DIELECTRIC LENS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); ON CHIP DIPOLE ANTENNAS; PHASE ROTATORS; PHASED ARRAY; SILICON GERMANIUM;

DATA TRANSFER; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; TRANSCEIVERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33845635593     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2006.884811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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